Regions

UK/GLOBAL - The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on around 100 UK pension funds to back its stance against human rights abuses in Burma.

EUROPE - European Corporate Governance Service (ECGS), an alliance of the leading corporate governance research and advisory groups in Europe, has welcomed the decision of Nordea's board to revoke the proposal for a stock option programme that was to...

GLOBAL - Allianz chairman Henning Schulte-Noelle is upbeat about the firm's prospects in pensions and fund management, despite seeing Allianz Dresdner Asset Management (ADAM) make a EUR348m loss during 2001.

GLOBAL - The question of the day is will growth re-establish a leadership role in the market?', according to State Street global Advisors (SSgA).

SWITZERLAND - Zurich Financial Services chairman Rolf Hüppi has announced that he is resigning in order to give the incoming new management a fresh start.

EUROPE - Dimensional Fund Advisors, the US-based fund manager, has appointed Philip Nash as its European marketing director.

EUROPE - Stelios Haji-Ioannou, chairman of budget airline Easyjet, is to resign, following significant pressure from institutional investors, according to the firm.

GLOBAL - Experts at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) are predicting a calm 2002, hailing a return to "normal" market performance for 2003.

GLOBAL - Global hedge fund assets are expected to grow by 26% in 2002 to $760bn, but European and US institutional investors still appear wary, according to a new survey from Goldman Sachs.

EUROPE - Industrial production in France rose for two consecutive months (by +0.8% in January and +0.4% in February), pointing to positive growth over the first quarter according to CDC IXIS Asset Management's latest market analysis.